Peninsula News Review, April 15, 2015

Steven Heywood/News staff

Coach Taylor Hamilton offers her team of Peewee Peninsula Warriors some words of encouragement. The team is part of the first Greater Victoria girls box lacrosse division which held their first games at Panorama Saturday. See page 20 for more.

Angela Cowan News staff

A 21-year-old Saanich man had his motorcycle impounded and has been charged with exces-

sive speeding, failing to stop for police and passing on the right after a speedy rush for the ferry on Easter Sunday.

At 8:45 a.m. on April 5, RCMP recorded the motorcycle trav-

elling north on the Patricia Bay Highway at 144 km/hr in an 80 km/hr zone. After failing to stop for police, the driver was located a short time later at the BC Ferry terminal where RCMP immedi-

ately impounded the motorcycle for seven days.

The driver was charged under the Motor Vehicles Act and faces up to $730 in fines. [email protected]

Motorcyclist clocked at 144 km/hrDriver facing $730 in fines after speeding, failing to stop for police


The inaugu-ral Get Ready Get Local food and sustainable agriculture expo takes over the Victoria Conference Centre this Saturday, April 18, bringing consumers together with local farms, food producers and sus-tainability educators.

It’s a brand new collaboration between the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable (CRFAIR), the Island Chefs’ Collabora-tive and FarmFolk CityFolk.

“One of the unique qualities is that it’s three different organizations put-ting this together to ultimately support food sustainability in the Greater Victo-ria area and on Vancouver Island,” said Bob Thompson.

Thompson, a municipal councillor in Central Saanich, is working with CRFAIR to help spread the word and encourage people to come out to the expo.

“That’s really what it’s about, is work-ing together and bringing together industry, producers and consumers,” he says.

Ready, set, eatLocal food and agriculture expo offers everything from sausage making to backyard bee workshops

Please see: Local food industry to talk, page 9

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Soldiers with 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron stood at attention Thursday, April 9 as British Columbia Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon and other dignitaries helped consecrate the squadron's new colours.

A ceremony was held at the new han-gar and operations facility at the Victoria International Airport.

The squadron unveiled both their new colours, as well as the name of the facil-ity — Arundel Castle. The Castle, in West Sussex, England, was where the squadron was stationed leading up to D-Day during the Second World War.

“This building will finally allow for all unit operations to be housed under a single roof and will provide operational enhancements that are not available in the current facilities,” stated Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick MacNamara, the squad-ron’s commanding officer.

“This building and its technology will advance the abilities of this unit as we move from the CH-124 Sea King helicop-ter to the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone heli-copter.”

The $155-million facility was completed

last year. Squadron personnel have been transitioning into the hangar and admin-istrative offices since November, 2014. Since then, their former location has been

torn down and some of the bricks from the original headquarters building saved for use as a monument.

“We are extremely pleased to officially open the doors to our new facility,” added Major Donald Leblanc, Air Reserve Flight Commander. “After 10 years in the making, from design to construction, this facility will combine all aspects of flying operations, maintenance and aircraft sup-ply under one roof.

“It will provide increased flexibility for operations with the Royal Canadian Navy and response time to British Columbians. This is a state of the art facility that will serve the Royal Canadian Air Force for decades to come.”

The squadron continues to use their old hangar at the airport and will slowly move their Sea King helicopters into the new hangar as their occupancy draws to a close. Their former hangar building will then be in the hands of the Victoria Air-port Authority, who have said they plan to find new tenants.

The facility was built, in part, to pro-vide space and support for new CH-148 Cyclone helicopters, set to replace the Sea Kings.

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Tip of the Peninsula

Peninsula Streams Society annual dinner fundraiser May 8

SAANICH PENINSULA — The Peninsula Streams Society holds its annual Dinner and Silent Auction on Friday, May 8 at the Pros-pect Lake Community Hall (5358 Sparton Rd.)

Drinks and social begin at 5 p.m., with a buffet dinner served at 6 p.m. Water in the Crawl Space return to perform folksy ballads and rousing melodies.

For tickets email [email protected]. To learn more, visit peninsulastreams.ca/2015-fundraiser. — Submitted

Ypres anniversary recalls Canadian effort during First World War

SIDNEY — A contingent from Victoria, including a Sidney resident, will be in London, England and Ypres, France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Kitch-ener’s Wood.

Hon. Col. Richard Talbot of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) is with the regimental contingent this month for special ceremonies. The battle saw the First Canadian Division’s 16th Battalion (Cana-dian Scottish) and 10th (Calgary Highlanders) retake a position after a German gas attack. The successful, but costly, action earned both battalions badges of distinction.

— News staff

CorrectionIn the April 10 edition, the PNR incorrectly

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Dr. Cullen said people are concerned about radionuclides.

The News Review regrets the error. .— News staff

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Defence Construction Canada President and CEO James Paul, left, and Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment) for National Defence Jaime Pitfield unveil the new name of 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron’s new hangar facility at Victoria International Airport.

Squadron’s new home and castle443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron makes move to new facility official


The squadron’s new colours were consecrated in the hangar during the April 9 ceremony.


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• Council approved a development variance to allow Metro Liquor at 7180 West Saanich Road to cover 100 per cent of the building’s windows with text and graphics.

Current bylaws allow businesses to cover 15 per cent of windows with signage.

Metro Liquor’s window graphics will depict agricultural scenes, allow visibility to the outside from within the store, and will add to the security of the business by screening merchandise from outside view.

Councillor Bob Thompson encouraged Metro Liquor to consider local vineyard scenes for the business’s window graphics.

• Council approved a development variance to allow Daleen A. Thomas Law Office to oper-ate on the ground floor of 828 Verdier Avenue in Brentwood Bay.

The current bylaw only allows offices on the second floor of the building.

• Councillor Alicia Cormier has been appointed council liaison and alternate to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation’s Doctor Recruitment and Retention Working Group.

• Council agreed unanimously to postpone consideration of alternate intersection changes at Mount Newton Cross Road and East Saanich Road until further Saanichton Village planning processes are undertaken.

Council also referred the potential for further traffic enforcement at the intersection to the Traffic Safety Committee.

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A 30-year-old man has been arrested and is fac-ing charges of sexual assault after grabbing a Sid-ney woman by the buttocks on Ocean Avenue last Thursday morning.

The man, of no fixed address, was intoxicated, and approached the 25-year-old woman on April 9 and told her his name before groping her. The woman was uninjured and walked away without incident.

The man is known to police and was arrested in Sidney by Sidney North Saanich RCMP April 10.

In addition to the current charges, he was also at large on two unendorsed arrest warrants for assault out of Mission, B.C.

RCMP are asking anyone with further informa-tion, or who may have had similar encounters with the man to call them at 250-656-3931.

RCMP refrained from releasing the name of the man until charges have been sworn in by the Crown.

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Drunk man arrested for gropingMan faces sexual assault charges in Sidney incident

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It is said that neces-sity is the mother of invention.

For EVBase Technol-ogies Inc. of North Saa-nich, that’s certainly the case with their new app, FindMyRanking.com.

Sales and Marketing representative Doug Thorsteinson says the new app, launched last week, allows custom-ers to find out how their website ranks on search engines around the world. Essentially, he said, it helps show other businesses who have a web presence just how often their company name comes to the top in online searches with Google, Bing, Yahoo and more.

While he said there are similar apps out there, theirs is the only one that uses actual servers in specific cit-ies around the world to conduct the ranking check.

It’s a service that EVBase went looking for itself only a short time ago, but could not find with the precise results they were after.

EVBase Technolo-gies Inc, based at the Victoria International Airport industrial area, specializes in training, scheduling and inspec-tion software for the aviation industry and government agencies. They work with clients such as WestJet, the

Victoria Flying Club and other companies in Canada, the U.S., Aus-tralia, Argentina and the Philippines. In Jan-uary, EVBase signed a five-year deal with Nav-Can to provide compre-hensive management software.

Thorsteinson said an existing network of servers they use for their main business was a perfect link for their new app.

FindMyRanking.com uses leased server space in cities like San Francisco, New York and others, to perform the ranking search.

“It was hard to find a product we could use and we really couldn’t find what we needed,” said the app’s chief pro-

grammer, Blair Day.Day said he initially

planned to spend a weekend and develop an in-house program, but that idea quickly took on a life of its own.

“It turns out this was needed by more peo-ple, different compa-nies,” he said. “So, work took a few months instead.”

F i n d M y R a n k i n g .com is EVBase’s first foray into the gen-eral consumer mar-ket, said Thorsteinson. Founded 16 years ago by CEO Stephane Way, the company deals mainly within the avia-tion industry. However, he continued, EVBase is essentially a tech house — so they are capable of creating

their own services to meet their needs. The public launch of their new app is new ground.

What FindMyRank-ing.com does, he explained, is allow com-pany web designers and others to access a straightforward way of determining how their brand appears online in specific markets. It applies mostly to com-panies who are mar-keting their products or services to a wide audience. The results through the app show how far consumers have to go to find the business or product on a given search engine.

Development of Find-MyRanking.com will go into a second phase, Thorsteinson said.

With rankings found with this app, he said customers will want to learn how to improve it. That phase, he said, will be undergo-ing testing in June, with a launch

expected in July.To learn more about

the app, visit FindMy-Ranking.com.

For details about the company, visit evba-setech.com.


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Chief FindMyRanking.com app programmer Blair Day, left, and Doug Thorsteinson, sales and marketing representative for EVBase Technologies Inc. of North Saanich look over some code as they discuss the company’s new app.


Improve relationships

Recently, the provin-cial government did a 180 degree turn about on their approach to relationship-building with First Nations com-munities.

I agree that treaty making in B.C. needed a revamp but did they have to throw the whole process under the bus? And to aban-don the process with-out even consulting the federal government and First Nations — the other partners in the tripartite commis-sion — is unconscio-nable.

The relationship could have been sal-vaged. A local example is the relationship between the District of Central Saanich and Tsartlip and Tsawout First Nations. The three parties have been on a path to a better relationship for the past five or six years. When I was first elected to Central Saa-nich council the rela-

tionship was poor. It is still not perfect, but what has been accom-plished to date needs to be celebrated.

Now I hear that the relationships are still growing in a good way.

There have been bumps along the way and the journey never ends. We can learn a lot from Central Saan-ich: a good relationship requires at least two willing parties. It is not time to abandon inter-governmental relation-ships, it is time to work on improving them.

Adam OlsenCentral Saanich

Waging on the future

In a recent edition, Tom Fletcher referred to a $15 minimum wage as a socialist dream. That, however,

need not be the case. Two years ago while

visiting friends in Aus-tralia I asked what the usual percentage was for tipping. I was told that there is no tipping, Australians do not tip. There is not the need.

A taxi driver also told us there was no need to tip him because he earns a decent wage. He went on to explain the Aus-tralian government decided minimum wage earners should be part of, and sup-port, the economy and not be reliant upon it. He said the lowest minimum wage in any of the states is $15.

Give people more money and they will spend it in pubs, bars, shops and restaurants, etc. From what we saw that seems to be the case. In a small town, about the size of Sid-

ney, the cafés, coffee shops, etc. were all busy to the point that we needed to go early to get a seat for a lunch out. We only saw two closed shops in the town and they were in a building in need of repair.

No doubt Australia has its problems like anywhere else, but they include the lower wage earner as an active part of the econ-omy. Here, legislated poverty does not work as seen by the ever increasing need at the food banks and the ever present problem of homelessness.

If a decent minimum wage can work in an entire country, it can work in B.C.

Give me a social-ist dream over closed minds any day.

Neville WintersSidney


LETTERS

I know Sidney is pedestrian friendly but I think there are some things that pedestrians could do in terms of how they use the sidewalks and crosswalks.

A Google search of “pedestrian etiquette” brings up an amusingly large amount of articles including one from the New York Times. All the articles pretty well talk about being aware of your surroundings, keeping to one side, not taking up the whole sidewalk when walking a group, not stopping suddenly without looking, etc.

Many people here do not look left or right as they step off the curb and just seem to think that they can continue walking briskly on the sidewalk into a crosswalk.

To do so is very unsafe. Drivers can’t do everything if pedestrians won’t

help or be collaborative in their road or sidewalk use.

Unfortunately, people have also begun to do the thing of crossing on a red light if there are no cars coming.

Probably the most frustrating though, is many people do not pay attention to vehicles trying to cross a crosswalk and step off the curb into the crosswalk just after somebody else has just left the crossing, making it so the vehicle has to wait some more and has a very difficult time get-ting through. I’ve had up to three people do this at times, each time I try to go forward, another straggler walks out just after another has left, stopping my progress.

It would be more respectful for people to go in groups or stop and wait a bit to let vehicles go through if other pedestrians have just gone through the crosswalk.

Colin LesterSidney

Pedestrian etiquette needed

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OUR VIEW

The B.C. Treaty Commission and its federal and provincial financiers put on a brave show last week, celebrating a “milestone” in negotiations for a modern treaty with five Vancouver Island First Nations.

A regional group representing the Songhees, Beecher Bay, T’Souke, Malahat and Snaw-Naw-As (Nanoose) First Nations have reached the “agreement in principle” stage of negotiations with Canada and B.C., after 20 years of treaty talks.

This is similar to the treaty finalized in 2007 with another five-member Vancouver Island group called Maa-Nulth First Nations. The Te’mexw Treaty Association agreed to accept 1,565 hectares of provincial Crown land and $142 million in federal cash to settle its historic aboriginal title.

Alas, agreement in principle is but the fourth of sixth stages. Now a platoon of lawyers takes over from the roomful of negotiators to produce the final legal text. It will be years before this treaty can be presented to the B.C. legislature and the House of Commons in Ottawa, if it ever is.

These elaborate ceremonies will never be viewed the same again after the release of federal treaty advisor Doug Eyford’s report last month. The Te’mexw event seemed to have an extra urgency after Eyford’s

observation that much of this costly activity has become a job creation program for those involved.

These Vancouver Island communities deserve credit for setting aside their own territorial disputes. It’s more than most have done. Eyford concluded after a long summer of meetings last year that many treaty negotiation teams in

this province and across the country show no such inclination.

In B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, there is a “conspicuous lack of urgency in negotiations” and “sharp divisions” between parties, most of which have been at the table for a decade or more, Eyford found.

This is what has come to be known as the “aboriginal industry,” where lawyers and

consultants have a seemingly endless supply of lucrative work, much of it of questionable value. For some aboriginal participants, attending treaty meetings year after year is the best paying job they have ever had.

Indeed, a common feature of the province’s dealings with aboriginal communities is that their leaders demand meetings, and then demand to be paid to attend them.

This latest Vancouver Island treaty, assuming it is ever finalized, would at least in part replace the Douglas Treaties, signed by B.C.’s

colonial governor James Douglas in the 1850s. These treaties around Fort Victoria were quickly concluded if nothing else. The Beecher Bay Band was paid 45 pounds, 10 shillings for most of Sooke and another 43 pounds and change for its Metchosin territory.

One of the biggest missing pieces in the latest agreement in principle is the share of federally-regulated fisheries. This has been a theme of B.C. Treaty Commission reports in recent years, as Ottawa holds up treaties for years because it is unable or unwilling to offer shares of salmon in particular.

Hunting and fishing rights are acknowledged even in historic treaties and reaffirmed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sharing these rights while maintaining conservation of fish stocks has been more than Ottawa, and in some cases neighbouring aboriginal communities, have been able to manage.

Eyford’s findings, and the B.C. government’s sudden refusal to keep staffing a B.C. Treaty Commission that shows so little progress, have sent one overdue message.

If participants aren’t prepared to make real compromises and show a willingness to conclude agreements rather than drag them out, they should leave and come back when they are ready to do so.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

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Plan ahead for traffic troublesR

egional and local planners are going to have to seriously look at traffic issues at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula as the area grows over the next decade.

There are plans for added commercial and residential growth — most notably at the intersection of Beacon Avenue and the Pat Bay Highway in Sidney. Plans for a 10-acre commercial site adjacent to the Victoria International Airport may be years away from happening, but its potential traffic impact

must be considered now.

Already, the Victoria Airport

Authority has conducted a traffic study, looking into the impact of a new commercial site on the vehicle flow southbound on the highway. The potential for traffic to back up is considerable, should exits from Beacon into the area not be far enough west from the main thoroughfare. Traffic can be pretty congested now (thanks to the construction of the highway, splitting Sidney in two all those many years ago). Developers may have to ensure further exits off of Beacon West allow for that.

Throw in potential retail sites at Sandown in North Saanich and Jesken in Central Saanich, and there’s a recipe for trouble.

This portion of the highway is already something of a race track, as recent mass speeding tickets and impounds can attest to. It’s nice to have wide lanes and smooth pavement leading up to the ferry terminal, but drivers’ poor advance planning and interaction with traffic congestion here will contribute to ongoing issues.

The Saanich Peninsula is looking to grow to help maintain its economic lifeline. It only makes sense to consider what the growth will do on our ability to get around safely.

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Improve relationships

Recently, the provin-cial government did a 180 degree turn about on their approach to relationship-building with First Nations com-munities.

I agree that treaty making in B.C. needed a revamp but did they have to throw the whole process under the bus? And to aban-don the process with-out even consulting the federal government and First Nations — the other partners in the tripartite commis-sion — is unconscio-nable.

The relationship could have been sal-vaged. A local example is the relationship between the District of Central Saanich and Tsartlip and Tsawout First Nations. The three parties have been on a path to a better relationship for the past five or six years. When I was first elected to Central Saa-nich council the rela-

tionship was poor. It is still not perfect, but what has been accom-plished to date needs to be celebrated.

Now I hear that the relationships are still growing in a good way.

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Waging on the future

In a recent edition, Tom Fletcher referred to a $15 minimum wage as a socialist dream. That, however,

need not be the case. Two years ago while

visiting friends in Aus-tralia I asked what the usual percentage was for tipping. I was told that there is no tipping, Australians do not tip. There is not the need.

A taxi driver also told us there was no need to tip him because he earns a decent wage. He went on to explain the Aus-tralian government decided minimum wage earners should be part of, and sup-port, the economy and not be reliant upon it. He said the lowest minimum wage in any of the states is $15.

Give people more money and they will spend it in pubs, bars, shops and restaurants, etc. From what we saw that seems to be the case. In a small town, about the size of Sid-

ney, the cafés, coffee shops, etc. were all busy to the point that we needed to go early to get a seat for a lunch out. We only saw two closed shops in the town and they were in a building in need of repair.

No doubt Australia has its problems like anywhere else, but they include the lower wage earner as an active part of the econ-omy. Here, legislated poverty does not work as seen by the ever increasing need at the food banks and the ever present problem of homelessness.

If a decent minimum wage can work in an entire country, it can work in B.C.

Give me a social-ist dream over closed minds any day.

Neville WintersSidney


LETTERS

I know Sidney is pedestrian friendly but I think there are some things that pedestrians could do in terms of how they use the sidewalks and crosswalks.

A Google search of “pedestrian etiquette” brings up an amusingly large amount of articles including one from the New York Times. All the articles pretty well talk about being aware of your surroundings, keeping to one side, not taking up the whole sidewalk when walking a group, not stopping suddenly without looking, etc.

Many people here do not look left or right as they step off the curb and just seem to think that they can continue walking briskly on the sidewalk into a crosswalk.

To do so is very unsafe. Drivers can’t do everything if pedestrians won’t

help or be collaborative in their road or sidewalk use.

Unfortunately, people have also begun to do the thing of crossing on a red light if there are no cars coming.

Probably the most frustrating though, is many people do not pay attention to vehicles trying to cross a crosswalk and step off the curb into the crosswalk just after somebody else has just left the crossing, making it so the vehicle has to wait some more and has a very difficult time get-ting through. I’ve had up to three people do this at times, each time I try to go forward, another straggler walks out just after another has left, stopping my progress.

It would be more respectful for people to go in groups or stop and wait a bit to let vehicles go through if other pedestrians have just gone through the crosswalk.

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I wish everyone had a vegetable garden.

This type of garden is so full of excitement,

joy, elation and good stuff (food). Of course you’ll need a few things besides the soil: water, sunshine, maybe some fertilizer and, of course, some seeds.

You may choose to grow flowers. If you

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Although I always

find room for a few flowers, my real inter-est is in food produc-tion. Sorry to be so dull, but there is so much delight in picking a few green peas, pulling the odd carrot (wiping the dirt off on your jeans) and eating them both, right where you are, standing on the warm, fertile soil. It’s my idea of true bliss!

Of course it isn’t all jolly. There is work con-nected with the delight, lots of it, but the rewards are wondrous!

I swear if I had noth-ing else but an empty soup tin, I’d drive a few holes in the bottom for drainage, add some soil and plant three leaf let-tuce seeds — enough greenery soon for one large cheese sandwich,

with or without mayo. Oh dear, now I’m hun-gry!

Time now to plant leeks, parsnips, Swiss chard and sorrel and if you planted green peas three weeks ago you could plant more now for a slightly later harvest. You can never have too many green peas!

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plant four sunflower seeds in one medium sized pot, hoping for three plants to appear. It may seem silly to plant these whopping great flowers to grow on a small balcony, but they will please me with their big flowers and maybe feed some birds this fall. I’m not supposed to feed birds from the balcony, but I’ll take the seed-heads to a lane near here where the birds are bound to discover them.

Some crow with sharp eyes will spot them for sure. I’m not really fond of crows, but they get hungry too, and their delighted “cawing” will alert other birds to see what is going on and just maybe they’ll get to eat a few seeds them-selves.

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“And it’s not just about buying direct from the farm. It’s also the folks that are using local products to make interesting, value-added foods.”

The expo will also give industry mem-bers the chance to meet, pairing restau-rants with local farms and markets with food producers.

Workshops through the afternoon will cover popular topics such as backyard chickens, edible landscaping, backyard bees and food photography, as well as how the soil can shape wine flavours and even information on micro loans and community lending for small food busi-nesses.

The main stage has some fantastic demonstrations throughout the after-noon, including how to spice up local produce with ethnic flavours with Chef Heidi Fink, a sausage making workshop with Chef Cory Pelan from The Whole Beast, a canning at home demo with Ber-nardin Home Canning, and Maki rolling, making sushi with local, sustainable fish with Chef Andrew Shepard from the Van-couver Island Sea Salt Company.

Offering much more than your run-of-the-mill farmers’ market, Get Ready Get Local is a great place to start if you’re interested in food security and living sus-tainably.

The local fare fair runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 18 at the Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas Street.

Admission is $5 at the door or online at http://bit.ly/1O7ucj1. All work-shops are included in the price of admission. Chefs

and alcohol producers will be selling tasters for $2 per sample.

Industry members can still book a booth and are eligible for the industry only reception from 3 to 5 p.m. to talk shop, exchange ideas and net-work.

For more informa-tion, visit getready-getlocal.com. [email protected]

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Local food industry to talk shop

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Robin Tunnicliffe of Saanich Organics shows off an abundance of produce at the Moss St. Market. Tunnicliffe will be occupying one of nearly 40 booths at the upcoming Get Ready Get Local local and sustainable food expo, April 18.

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“We’re ecstatic to host an event with a cause that is so aligned with our own values,” said Sea Cider owner and cider master Kristen Jordan.

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Renate Herberger wonders how a glued-down urn could go missingSteven HeywoodNews staff

Renate Herberger misses her son, Silvan, who died tragically in 2012.

The North Saanich woman is feeling the hurt of losing a son all over again after discovering last month that an urn containing a portion of Silvan’s cremated remains has gone missing from a park bench.

Herberger had glued a colour-ful, small urn to a bench along the Scoter Trail below Tapping Road off of West Saanich Road in Deep Cove on the Saanich Pen-insula. It was a remembrance, she says, and a place to visit to

connect with her feelings and to heal.

That urn, however, is missing. Herberger says she placed the

urn there in September 2014. After returning from a long dis-tance swimming trek on March 10, she visited the bench and it was still there.

“Within 24 hours … it was gone,” she says.

Herberger says she thinks someone had to have pried the urn from the bench, breaking the glue’s seal.

It is an eight-sided, hand-painted urn of Mexican design, itself sealed with a bag of ashes inside.

She says whoever took it prob-ably didn’t know what it was and she hopes they’ll return it.

Herberger has reported the loss to the RCMP but isn’t hold-ing out hope that the police will find it.

“I just want it brought back,”

she says, adding she feels the loss of the urn personally.

The bench itself has a plaque dedicated to her son, Silvan Skye Valeska Herberger, and she doesn’t understand how some-one could, in essence, rob a memorial site.

She hopes by getting the word out, someone might know some-thing, or the urn will be returned to the bench.

“It was my place to meditate, a place of remembrance of life.”

Silvan was only 23 when he took his life, something Her-berger, who gave an interview to the PNR in September of 2014, thinks of every day.

“He was so young and he had his whole life ahead of him. He was an incredibly passionate, loyal and beautiful luminous individual, and that’s how I will always remember him,” she [email protected]

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North Saanich’s Renate Herberger sits at a memorial bench that commemorates her late son, Silvan, in this September 2014 photo.

Tom FletcherBlack Press

Federal Industry Minister James Moore and a senior Cana-dian Coast Guard offi-cial have defended the response to a fuel spill from a freighter in Van-couver Harbour.

Roger Girouard, assistant commis-sioner for the western region of the Canadian Coast Guard, said April 10 that containing and cleaning up 80 per cent of the spilled bunker fuel within 36 hours “represents an amazing success in oil pollution

cleanup.”Moore shot back

at Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Premier Christy Clark, who held their own news conferences ear-lier Friday. Both called the six-hour delay before containment booms were placed around a grain freighter an unacceptable delay.

“The cleanup is still ongoing and the facts are still coming in,” Moore said.

“I think it’s highly inappropriate for any politician to start point-ing fingers and trying to score political points

and making jabs at other levels of govern-ment without knowing all the facts.”

Girouard said citizen reports of pollution in Vancouver harbour come in to the Coast Guard frequently, and it was not until about 8 p.m. Thursday that an aerial assessment determined a response was required. Identify-ing the ship and work-ing in the dark to have booms in place by mid-night allowed crews to contain “the lion’s share of the oil before it hit the beach,” he said.

Four oil-contami-

nated birds have been collected for treatment.

Cleanup crews dou-bled in the first 24 hours, with assessment of beached oil to deter-mine the safest way to clean it up ongoing, he said.

Girouard rejected suggestions that the 2013 closure of the Kitsilano Coast Guard base hampered the response.

Transport Canada is investigating to see whether a malfunc-tion of ship equipment caused the bunker oil to be released in the harbour.

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Patrick Lane’s first poetry collection since 2005 up for a B.C. Book PrizeAngela Cowan News staff

When the B.C. Book Prizes are announced April 25, there will be a great many in the crowd with crossed fingers and held

breath, waiting to hear Patrick Lane’s name announced as the winner for his poetry collection, Washita. But he won’t be among them.

For a writer, and especially a poet, whose life is by necessity largely solitary and observant, the crush of camera lens and lights and crowds is overwhelming. Lane, 76 this year, doesn’t go to awards ceremo-nies anymore.

“If I end up winning, my publisher will accept it for me, and that’s the way it should be,” he says. “It’s lovely to get a nomina-tion for it. These things happen, and they’re nice. But you never feel good about your-self.”

He describes the setup: cameras are trained on the nominees, waiting as the win-ner’s name is read.

“And then, the name isn’t yours, and the camera pans away from you, and you don’t

exist anymore.” Far better to stay at home and continue

on with creation. After all, Lane doesn’t write his poems for

an audience. “I don’t even write them for myself,” he

says. “I just write them.”

“Accomplishing the act of making some-thing beautiful is a wonderful high. It gives you immense pleasure.”

And the creation of Washita, with its vivid, polychromatic imagery, its whispers of hummingbird heartbeats and a father’s laboured breathing like song, brings just as

much pleasure to the reader. Reviews of Lane’s work have nearly said

it all before. How he braids together beauty and agony with deft fingers, how his poems refuse to shy away from the visceral nature of death, how he wields his language inexo-rably, and unforgivingly.

But one thing the reviews haven’t seemed to say is how slowly one must read Lane’s words.

With no erroneous syllables, no superflu-ous spaces, the pieces are dense as osmium, leaving the reader to absorb Lane’s words letter by letter, then line by line.

This substance was formed from the out-set of the writing process. Stricken with an utterly frozen shoulder two-thirds through a novel manuscript, Lane was unable to use his trusty forefinger on his right hand to type.

“I’d written a million words with this one little finger,” he says, holding up his hand.

Unmoved to continue, saying with feeling that he didn’t feel he had anything to con-tribute to the world through prose, and that writing a novel is “a terrible thing for any human being to subject themselves to,” he fell back to his first love: poetry.

“I hadn’t written any poetry for about five years, and I quietly began writing again.”

Angie’s Last chance to see the Sidney Classical Orchestra until autumn

Eight soloists are coming together to make their stringed instruments sing at the orchestra’s final show of this season: Four String Fireworks.

The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24 at the St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, 10030 Third Street. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students, and free for 19 and under. Available at Tanner’s Books in Sidney, City Scribe in Brentwood Bay and Long & McQuade in Victoria. For more info, visit sidneyclassicalor-chestra.ca.

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By Angela Cowan

Win tickets to Ian & Coco at the Mary Winspear May 9!

Combine Ian Sherwood’s award-winning folk stylings and masterful handling of the guitar with Coco Love Alcorn’s smokey and sensual vocals and you’ve got a show that can’t be missed.

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For those who don’t want to take the chance of miss-ing out, tickets are available at marywinspear.ca or by calling 250-656-0275.

Washita: braiding together beauty and agony

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Acclaimed poet Patrick Lane reads from Washita, his first collection of poetry since 2005 and recently shortlisted for the B.C. Book Prizes.

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He learned to type left-handed and one-fingered, settling into the spaces between the words with relief.

From the beginning of his sobriety in 2000, through the process of writing his memoir, then his first and only novel Red Dog, Red Dog, to the debilitat-ing frozen shoulder he suffered afterward, Lane’s perspective had changed immensely, and Washita is his way of expressing that change.

“I wasn’t saying anything I hadn’t said before, but I was saying it in a new way. And I was pleased with what I had done. These are good pieces.”

And though Lane describes Washita as “one of the best books I’ve written in my life,” by a twist of fate, it was published incomplete.

A single poem, filed under a different folder on Lane’s computer,

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too,” he says. “And I don’t know if it will fit into the next book. I feel bad for it, so I go over and pat it every once in a while.”

After the whirlwind

around Washita dies down, Lane says he’ll keep writing, though it may be a few years before the next book is published.

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Students showcase art at Tulista galleryAngela Cowan News staff

The Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula is giving Parkland Secondary seniors a unique opportunity: the chance to show their art in a two-week show at the Tulista Park Gallery.

“That’s what (these kids) need, someone to come to them and get their stuff out there. They’re such a mellow group,” says Park-land visual arts teacher Andre Gogol.

And indeed, the four that have gathered to answer ques-tions about their artwork are calm and poised, if somewhat nervous.

Colin Griffith stands beside his larger-than-life self portrait, an experiment with light and shadow, he says. “This is the main project I worked on this year that took up most of my time. I’m pretty proud of how it

turned out.” He says the show at Tulista

Park Gallery will be the first time he and his cohorts have had their art featured in a gallery, and they’re all looking forward to it.

“I think it’s pretty neat to be able to share it with people in the community,” says Griffith.

“To see what other people think,” adds Erin Pomphrey. “Because the only people who see it are the kids at school in class with us every day.”

It’s also a chance for the stu-dents to broaden their experi-ence and be exposed to other, more developed, artists as well, says Shannon Flaherty.

“It’ll be good to see how other artists work. We haven’t found our own voice yet. I think we take inspiration from every-thing,” she says, adding her own inspiration tends to follow a nat-ural curve. “I really like natural

form, putting the human body into nature.”

Experimenting with shadow, colour balance and shapes, the Grade 12s use paint and char-coal, or mixed media in collages to stretch their skills.

“I’ve had them all from (Grades) 9 to 12, and it’s been neat to see them develop,” says Gogol. “The work that they’ve got is certainly worth getting out there. The quality’s really good.”

CACSP has been incredible in their support, often approaching the school in the past, he added.

“They were fantastic about saying ‘this is their voice,’” says Gogol.

The show kicks off tomorrow (April 16) with a special grand opening at the Tulista Park Gal-lery, 9565 Fifth Street in Sidney. It runs until April 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Free admission and parking. For more information, visit cacsp.com.



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Bill McElroy con-siders himself an extremely lucky man.

He knows many people wouldn’t see him in that light, espe-cially since he’s about to undergo surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland.

Rather than sit at home, relax and wait for his scheduled operation today (April 15) at Victoria General Hospital, the fit 69-year-old Langford resident rounded off a brisk walk this week with a stop to talk openly about his situation.

McElroy calls him-self lucky, because if he hadn’t made a firm request of a walk-in clinic doctor a little over a year ago, the chain of events that led to his diagnosis might never have begun.

“If I hadn’t asked for that PSA test …” he says. “It just so hap-pened I had the more aggressive, fast-grow-ing type of prostate cancer.”

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His baseline PSA serum concentration reading wasn’t off the chart at first, slightly higher than what is considered normal, McElroy says. Hav-ing been referred to a urologist by the clinic doctor, however, he saw increasingly higher numbers in subsequent testing.

McElroy, the studi-ous board chair and treasurer of the Pacific Centre Family Services Association in Colwood and longtime board volunteer around Greater Victoria, read a lot on the topic and researched possible options for people in his situation. In consul-tation with specialists, he chose to go with complete removal of his prostate gland.

Around the region

Prostate patient an advocate for his own healthMen without a family physician can still ask for a PSA test

Don Descoteau/News staff

Bill McElroy will be operated on to have his prostate gland removed and wants to remind men to ask for a PSA test referral, regardless if they have a regular doctor or not.

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At the end of the day, he’s glad he took action when he did, but he questions the long-term prog-nosis for health care when thousands of people in Greater Victoria don’t have a regular doctor.

“I’m not angry, but I hoped this use of walk-in clinics would be a stopgap measure. What hap-pens in the long run if someone has undetected breast cancer or prostate cancer?”

Their chances of survival go down dramatically, says Leanne Kopp, executive director of The Pros-tate Centre in Victoria.

“If caught early, (treatment of) prostate cancer has a 90- to 95-per-cent chance of success,” she says.

Kopp agrees with McElroy that middle-aged and older men, especially those using walk-in clinics, need to become advocates for themselves.

“As doctors retire, (family) practices are much more difficult to get into,” she says. “In terms of something like a PSA test, where you need to fol-

low that number from year to year, that’s when men tend to fall between the cracks. What’s impor-tant is creating that baseline.”

The PSA test has been controversial. Critics argue many men with elevated PSA serum read-ings, including some for whom slow-growing pros-tate cancer would not pose a higher-than-average health risk, are being recommended for more inva-sive testing, such as biopsies, that carry a risk of further health problems.

Despite the “needle-in-the-haystack” bad press, Kopp insists the PSA test “is really right now the best screening tool for prostate cancer. Until some-thing comes out that can be a better screening tool for men, this is the best way (to detect cancer early).”

McElroy says he’s heard related stories.“One today concerns an older man who hadn’t

had a prostate exam for years. Like me, he had no pain or symptoms, so never thought about it. Apparently, when they did a PSA, he scored over 600 (a “normal” reading is in the 4.0 to 6.0 range). After an exam, he was told it was really too late to do anything, because the cancer had spread throughout his body. Another point for early detection.”

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In general terms, the purpose of Amendment Bylaw No. 1382 is to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 1255 in order to expand the secondary suites program to other areas of the District of North Saanich and to modify secondary suite requirements. The lands that are the subject of the amendment bylaw include all R-1, R-2, R-3, RA-1, RA-2, RA-3, RA-4, RA-5, RA-6, CD-1, CD-3, and CD-4 zoned properties within the District of North Saanich.

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Quesnel rancher Paul Nichols kicked off a cross-Canada horse-back ride Monday to introduce a new gener-ation of veterans to the public and seek their support.

Nichols, who served with Canadian troops during ethnic warfare in the former Yugosla-via in the 1990s, strug-gled to control his emo-tions at a ceremony at the B.C. legislature.

“Our Canadian troops do a hard job for us, and when they choose to transition back into civilian life, some of them struggle and lose their way,” Nichols said.

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“That awareness will create change, and with that change I believe that we can lower the incidence and sever-ity of post-traumatic stress disorder, lower

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B.C. Lieutenant Gov-ernor Judith Guichon attended the ceremony to wish the riders well on their journey, offer-ing a stop for hay and food at her ranch in the Nicola Valley.

The ride includes

stops in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope, Princ-eton, Summerland, Kelowna, Vernon and Armstrong before con-tinuing into Alberta in May.

For more information on the ride, and to fol-low its progress, see their website at www.communitiesforveter-ans.com.

— Black Press


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Leaving from the provincial Legislature building in Victoria April 13, Quesnel rancher and veteran Paul Nichols leads a group of fellow veterans on horseback, from left, Nanaimo RCMP Constable John Gilmour, Nanaimo RCMP Constable Mark Smith and Sooke veteran David Ristau on the first leg of the Veterans Foundation Ride Across Canada. The ride is designed to draw attention to younger military veterans in Canada. Nichols will be joined by other veterans on the eight-month ride from Victoria to Newfoundland.

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Mc Neill Audiology clinicians are Registered Audiologists who have earned a Master’s degree from UBC. � ey are all enthused, engaged individuals who are passionate about their profession. � eir academic and clinical training focuses on the assessment and non-medical treatment of hearing loss as well as the prevention and identi� cation of hearing loss.

McNeill Audiology is celebrating being in business for twenty years! � ey wish to express their appreciation to their clients and the community for those wonder-

ful years with an event called 20 Years of Better Hear-ing that will take place on � ursday April 23rd at the Greek Community Hall. Particulars are in our ad in this feature. Bring a friend. Register with us and come to enjoy this fun and informative a� ernoon. Register at 250-656-2218.Register at 250-656-2218.

Celebrate 20 Years of Better Hearing� ursday April 23rd, 2015, 1- 4 pm

Greek Community Hall4648 Elk Lake Dr. Saanich, BC.

Technology demos, talks about tinnitus, hearing in background noise, assistive

listening devices, accessories for hearing aids and Dr. Art Hister

Food and Fun, Door Prizes including two sets of hearing aids.

Register 250-656-2218

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DUNCAN2-5311 Trans Canada Hwy.250-701-8492

COURTENAYUnit A 2599 Cliffe Ave.250-331-0522

VICTORIA1581 Hillside Ave.250-592-1058

NANAIMO424 N. Terminal Ave.250-754-4248

LANGFORD109-2924 Jacklin Rd.250-915-1016

CHURCH SERVICESon the Saanich Peninsula

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship & Children’s Program at 10:30 amMinister: Rev. David Drake

Music: Mary Lou DayFifth & Malaview, Sidney250-656-3213

www.stpaulsunited.info

RESTHAVEN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH9300 Willingdon Rd. 250-544-0720

www.sidneyadventist.ca Saturday Worship ..........................11:00

“Everyone Welcome”

SAANICH PENINSULAPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

9296 East Saanich Rd.at Willingdon

10:00 a.m. ............................Worship

SUNDAY SCHOOL & NURSERYA Warm Welcome Awaits You!

Rev. Irwin Cunningham250-656-2241

Come Worship With UsEveryone Welcome

Sunday Worship 10am9300 Willingdon Road

Pastor Travis StewartT: 250-885-7133

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Fifth & Malaview, Sidney250-656-3213

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RESTHAVEN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

9300 Willingdon Rd.250-544-0720

www.sidneyadventist.ca Saturday Worship 11:00

“Everyone Welcome”

PENINSULA MISSIONCOMMUNITY CHURCH

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship & Children’sProgram at 10:30 am

Minister: Rev. David DrakeRev. Margaret HarperMusic: Mary Lou Day

ArtsBARBERSHOP BENEFIT

CONCERT: A Capella Spring at Sidney’s Peace Lutheran Church, 2295 Weiler Avenue (off Lochside), Sunday, April 19 at 2 p.m. Enjoy the Victoria Village Squires Chorus. A joint-fundraiser, tickets $10 (children free) at the door. Wheelchair accessible.

WRITERS GROUP: CRITIQUE at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Develop your writing in a supportive environment in this member-led group. Writers of all genres welcome. Thursday, April 30, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

SIDNEY CONCERT BAND invites you to our Swing into Spring concert, conducted by Rob Bannister. Sunday, May 24, 2 p.m. at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney. Tickets $15 available from the Mary Winspear Centre box office, 250-656-0275.

Kid stuffGOOD MORNING

RHYMETIMEat the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Runs to May 21, 10:15-11 a.m. Ages 0-5

years. Free. Drop-in. Call 250-656-0944.

HealthFALL PREVENTION

FOR Men and Women (OSTEOFIT) session runs to May 19 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 to 11 a.m. Call 250-656-5537.

MeetingsNEW DROP-IN FOR

help with tablets and laptops now available for seniors at SHOAL Activity Centre, Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. to noon.Volunteers will help with questions and tips.

SIDNEY SISTER CITIES Association meets April 16, 7 p.m. at the Nell Horth Room, Sidney North Saanich Public Library. Speaker: Wilf Lambo of Strangers in a Strange Land.

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Branch #37 will be holding their General Meeting on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 2 p.m. at 1660 Mills Road, Sidney, B.C. All are welcome.

SAANICH PENINSULA TOASTMASTERS Open House takes place Tuesday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sidney Library in the Nell Horth Room. Come and learn what Toastmasters is all about and how you can benefit. For

more information contact Gwen at 250-656-3738 or go to http://1288.toastmasters.org.

A BALKAN ODYSSEY at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Chris Mundigler presents a photographic odyssey through Eastern Europe. Wednesday, April 29, 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Register

at 250-656-0944.

FundraisersSAVE THE MOTHERS

Walk, Saturday May 9. Step out to improve maternal health in the developing world. Join us in a 5 km walk/run across the beautiful Mt. Newton Valley, starting at 9:30 a.m. from St.

Mary’s Church (East Saanich Rd. @ Cultra Ave.) and culminating at St. Stephen’s Church (St. Stephen’s Rd.) with a BBQ. All ages welcome. Register at www.walkformothersday.com or for more information go to the Parish of Central Saanich website www.parishcs.ca.

CAR BOOT AND Craft Sale at St. Stephen’s church, 7921 St. Stephen Rd. off Mt. Newton X Rd., on May 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.On the grounds rain or shine. To reserve a spot to sell your stuff, email [email protected]. There is a fee of $15. In the hall, there are tables for rent for crafters, $20. Both must also be booked and paid in advance. Details at parishcs.ca or email [email protected].

JOIN US AT the 27th annual Dean Park

Garage Sale on Saturday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Dean Park area of North Saanich. For more information, visit www.dpeca.ca.

VolunteersCOMMUNITY

VOLUNTEER INCOME tax program (CVITP) will be available at SHOAL Centre, Sidney through the Beacon Community Services Volunteer Services office until Thursday, April 30. For details, call 250-656-5537.


COMMUNITY CALENDARTHE NEWS REVIEW provides this community calendar free of charge, giving preference to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should be mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to [email protected].


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Capital Regional District

Integrated Water ServicesPublic Open Houses: Management of Leech Water Supply AreaThe Capital Regional District invites you to learn more about the management of the Leech Water Supply Area and the necessity for updating the Greater Victoria Water Supply Area Protection Bylaw to restrict unauthorized access.In 2007 and 2010, the CRD made a significant investment in purchasing the Leech Water Supply Area to protect and ensure future drinking water supply for Greater Victoria. Learn more about how the CRD plans to protect these future water supply lands by attending one of the open houses below or visiting our website at www.crd.bc.ca/leechYou are invited to attend any of the following open houses:

Sooke – JDF Electoral Area Planning Services Building 3 – 7450 Butler Road, Otter Point, BC Thursday, April 16 from 4pm to 8pmSooke – Edward Milne Community School 6218 Sooke Road, Sooke, BC Tuesday, April 21 from 4pm to 8pmSaanich – Greek Society Community Hall 4648 Elk Lake Drive, Victoria, BC Wednesday, April 22 from 4pm to 8pmShawnigan Lake Community Centre 2804 Shawnigan Lake Road, Shawnigan Lake, BC Thursday, April 23 from 4pm to 8pm

To learn more, please visit www.crd.bc.ca/leech or contact Annette Constabel, Senior Manager, Watershed Protection by calling 250.391.3556 or sending an email to [email protected]


For the first time, girls lacrosse has come indoors in Greater Vic-toria.

On Saturday, April 11, the inaugural season of girls box lacrosse started at Panorama Recreation Centre in North Saanich. Penin-sula registrar and one of the main organizers, Linda Cretney, says it’s a milestone for young women, who have been playing field lacrosse outdoors.

“We thought we’ll have enough girls for a Bantam or Peewee team,” she said. “But we had 17 Midget-level girls come out to play.”

Grant Hamilton, a former Victoria Sham-rocks and pro lacrosse player, is coaching the Saanich Bantam girls this season alongside another former Sham-rock, Fred Jenner. Ham-ilton said the key to get-ting girls’ box lacrosse off the ground was the

B.C. Lacrosse Associa-tion. BCLA had to relax its rules, he explained, to allow local associa-tions to draw players from throughout the region. With a lack of players overall, open-ing teams up to players from Greater Victoria

means they can actu-ally have enough.

Cretney said that means teams under the umbrella of the Penin-sula, Saanich, Victoria and Juan de Fuca asso-ciations can have play-ers from any of those communities. BCLA’s relaxing of its rules means the league can build, Hamilton added.

“All the girls here who have played before have had to play with the boys,” he said. “But it’s hard for them to play at the higher levels. Girls needed a place to go.”

Cretney said the region has, in the past, put together box lacrosse teams to play Island championships,

but would always fall short to Nanaimo, which has had girls’ boxla for years. Now, the Victoria-area squads will play a regu-lar season against their mid-Island opponents, as well as teams from the lower mainland. Those games will be double-headers to take advantage of travel times to and from the Island. Panorama Rec. will be the site of games in the south Island, as it’s the facility closest to the ferry, she said.

Cretney said while some players come with experience, for many others, this is their first time.


REAL ESTATE

SPORTSGirls lacrosse steps insideGreater Victoria teams begin their first season of boxla


Saanich girls Bantam box lacrosse player Maki Jenner takes off from a pair of Langley defenders during season-opening play at Panorama Recreation Centre on Saturday.


The Peninsula Warriors girls Peewee team battled hard against New Westminster at home on Saturday.

PLEASE SEE: Lacrosse players, page 23



For the first time, girls lacrosse has come indoors in Greater Vic-toria.

On Saturday, April 11, the inaugural season of girls box lacrosse started at Panorama Recreation Centre in North Saanich. Penin-sula registrar and one of the main organizers, Linda Cretney, says it’s a milestone for young women, who have been playing field lacrosse outdoors.

“We thought we’ll have enough girls for a Bantam or Peewee team,” she said. “But we had 17 Midget-level girls come out to play.”

Grant Hamilton, a former Victoria Sham-rocks and pro lacrosse player, is coaching the Saanich Bantam girls this season alongside another former Sham-rock, Fred Jenner. Ham-ilton said the key to get-ting girls’ box lacrosse off the ground was the

B.C. Lacrosse Associa-tion. BCLA had to relax its rules, he explained, to allow local associa-tions to draw players from throughout the region. With a lack of players overall, open-ing teams up to players from Greater Victoria

means they can actu-ally have enough.

Cretney said that means teams under the umbrella of the Penin-sula, Saanich, Victoria and Juan de Fuca asso-ciations can have play-ers from any of those communities. BCLA’s relaxing of its rules means the league can build, Hamilton added.

“All the girls here who have played before have had to play with the boys,” he said. “But it’s hard for them to play at the higher levels. Girls needed a place to go.”

Cretney said the region has, in the past, put together box lacrosse teams to play Island championships,

but would always fall short to Nanaimo, which has had girls’ boxla for years. Now, the Victoria-area squads will play a regu-lar season against their mid-Island opponents, as well as teams from the lower mainland. Those games will be double-headers to take advantage of travel times to and from the Island. Panorama Rec. will be the site of games in the south Island, as it’s the facility closest to the ferry, she said.

Cretney said while some players come with experience, for many others, this is their first time.


REAL ESTATE

SPORTSGirls lacrosse steps insideGreater Victoria teams begin their first season of boxla


Saanich girls Bantam box lacrosse player Maki Jenner takes off from a pair of Langley defenders during season-opening play at Panorama Recreation Centre on Saturday.


The Peninsula Warriors girls Peewee team battled hard against New Westminster at home on Saturday.

PLEASE SEE: Lacrosse players, page 23

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We are looking for a combination of education and experience in writing, reporting, photography and video skills. Experience with InDesign is also an asset.

The journalist must be a self-starter comfortable reporting news, features and sports.

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GAZETTENORTH ISLAND

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CELEBRATIONS

Surprise 90th Birthday Party for

Lillian Tripp

April 25th. 1-4pm St. Pauls United

Church 2410 Malaview Ave., Sidney

R.S.V.P. 250-744-4892

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

CALL FOR ENTRIES13TH ANNUAL

Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

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May 16, 17 and 18Applications for Artisans

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LOST BLUE & white purse in the vicinity of Langford. If found please call (250)896-0841.

TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

HIGH CASH producing vend-ing machines. $1.00 vend = .70 profi t. All on location in your area. Selling due to ill-ness. Call 1-866-668-6629 for details.

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PARTS MANAGER required at Comox Valley RV. Automo-tive or RV parts experience required. Email resume to [email protected]

PRODUCTION WORKERSCanada’s Largest Independently owned news-paper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Victoria location.This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of news-papers and advertising supplements.REQUIREMENTS:• Prior bindery and/or

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• Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks

• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for long periods of time

• Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment

• Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail

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HIP OR knee replacement? COPD or arthritic conditions? The Disability Tax Credit. $1,500 Yearly Tax Credit. $15,000 Lump Sum Refund (on avg) Apply Today! 1-844-453-5372.

LEASE: RESTAURANT @ the Howard Johnson Hotel, Liquor Store & Pub across from Ford Dealership, Alberni Inlet & Marina. Seating 250, Bar, Patio, Bistro, Kitchen & Coolers Incl. 250-724-2900.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

BOOKKEEPER/ACCOUNTING

TECHNOLOGISTwanted for the Langford offi ce of an established accounting & tax business. This is as full time long term position with opportunity for advancement. Public practice experience is an asset. Send resume, with wage requirement to:gaywise@wisefi nancialservices.ca

HELP WANTED

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

CONTRACT COURIER Driver position available in Victoria with local company. To start immediately. Full size cargo van req’d. Guaranteed day rate. Call 1-888-468-6711.

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

• Guaranteed 40hr. WorkWeek & Overtime

• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

• 4 Weeks Vacation• Excellent Benefi ts Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.Apply at:www.sperryrail.com,

careers & then choosethe FastTRACK Application.

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MEDICAL/DENTAL

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: Care-erStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

SALES

SALES and Marketing Profes-sional. Generate visitation and enrich customer service at our industry-leading Vancouver Is-land adventure Parks. Bring ambition and experience to this full-time opportunity and excel as part of the WildPlay Element Parks clan. Details: WildPlay.com

SUMMER work for students. No experience needed. Entry-level cust service & sales. Flexible schedules. PT&FT. $17.25 base/appt. Scholar-ships. APPLY ONLINE @ WWW.WORK4STUDENTS.CA/BCor call 778-402-9053

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VOLUNTEERS

CRD REGIONAL Parks seeks Trail Ambassadors help to pro-vide information and encour-age good trail etiquette on re-gional trails and at communityevents. Ambassadors will bepresent at peak times, three orfour times a year. Shifts rangefrom 2-4 hours depending onthe event. Call Volunteer Vic-toria at 250-386-2269.

HepCBC has opportunities for motivated students or youngprofessionals looking to gainexperience. Participants wouldhelp with administrative duties,organizing and promotingevents, communication andadvocacy, and researchingand writing articles. Call Vol-unteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BC,Victoria is looking for a headcoach for their 10-pin bowlingprogram. Practices are 1.5hours per week. The headcoach also prepares lessonplans and directs athletes andassistant coaches in the sportof 10-pin bowling. To learnmore about this rewarding pro-gram, Call Volunteer Victoriaat 250-386-2269.

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Spring Special $60.Hot Stone MassagePenetrating heat from

smooth basalt rocks softens tight muscles, melts tension

Spring Special $80.with Raindrop Therapy $90.

Rae BilashCertifi ed Practitioner

Women only, men by referral250-380-8733

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FREE ITEMS

FREE PRINTER Ink. Canon #8 – Black, Cyan, Yellow. Unopened.Call 250-656 6899.

FRIENDLY FRANK

CHILD’S BIKE trailer “Chari-ot”, $80 obo. (250)588-1208.

SEWING MACHINE, Singer portable black, 1940s. $99. (250)479-0182.

THREE 8” Ceramic Flower pots, new, made in Germany. Pearl bone $21. 250-383-5390

Vintage Thermometer, $30. Size 7.5 runners, $5 Cabbage patch doll, $10 778-265-1615.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

WONDERFUL 6 year new 1/2 duplex in the heart of Sidney featuring 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 1,911 sq ft, deluxe kitchen, and south facing back yard. $599,000. Blake Moreau, Sut-ton Group Realty. 250-479-3333

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins. Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, over-looking The Saanich Inlet. Se-rene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min com-mute to downtown Victoria. Must have references! Call 250-478-9231.

COTTAGES

SAANICHTON- Small bache-lor cottage. Hydro & water incld’d. N/P, references. Avail now. $900./mo. (250)652-3345

HOMES FOR RENT

MAYFAIR- NEWER furnished 2 bdrm, new stainless steel gas kitchen, hot tub, sauna, outside bar, private garden. $700/wk. $2450/mth. Leases. Call (250)415-5466.

WANTED TO RENT

WESTSHORE WANTED: Em-ployed, hard working single mom with 14 yr old girl and well trained cat, looking to rent 2 bdrm suite, house, cottage (approx $1000-$1200/month). Exc. ref’s. Please call 250-208-0386, leave message.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

CARS

1993 BMW: 3.4 L engine, au-tomatic, Kashmir (beige/gold), 4-disc brakes. Brakes, tire tread still in good shape, re-cent O2 sensor and throttle switch replaced, rear wheel drive, power windows/locks/ sunroof, 2-12” subs and Ken-more amp. 200,000 km, all re-ceipts for work done. Very fun car to drive. $4000 obo. Call 250-812-6008 or email [email protected]

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While the Victoria Grizzlies’ finish in his final season of junior hockey wasn’t what Dane Gibson hoped for, he considers himself fortunate things turned out the way they did overall.

Gibson, named last week to the B.C. Hockey League’s first all-star team, posted junior career-best num-bers in his only year playing with the Grizz, after spending his first two seasons with the Cowichan Valley Capi-tals.

A number of things led to him having his most successful indi-vidual season on the ice — his 32 goals and 57 assists gave him a team-high and BCHL third-best 89 points. Perhaps the biggest fac-tor was making a bold move in the off-season.

“I was very nervous in the summer, but I am so glad that I asked

(for a trade to the Griz-zlies),” the Sidney native says.

Not only was he playing much closer to home and able to see his family on a regu-lar basis, he adds, he found himself in a posi-tive hockey situation.

“It was tremendous getting to play at home, and I really was happy with the year I had and all the teammates I had with me for my last sea-son. I had such a great time; the coaches were unreal.”

The team struggled to find its form under coach-general man-ager Brad Knight, but began to right the ship when former head coach Craig Didmon was brought back by the Grizzlies owner-ship. The team got hot late to finish the regu-lar season second on the Island — powered largely by the Gibson line with Brett Gruber and Matthew Kennedy — but lost a tight open-ing round playoff series

in six games to Powell River.

Gibson, a six-foot-two, 210-pound winger, has more high-level hockey to look forward to.

Earlier this year he inked a four-year, full-ride deal to attend the University of Maine and

play for the Black Bears of the NCAA’s Hockey East conference. He’s been asked to arrive on campus around the end of July to begin tak-ing courses, as a way to lighten the academic load during hockey sea-son.

Gibson, a good

passer with soft hands and a nose for the net, expects he’ll need some transition time to get used to the college game, which is more focused on speed.

As for the notion that freshmen have to work harder than vet-erans to see ice time,

he expects that if he works hard and proves he deserves a spot in the lineup, he’ll see his share of game time.

The Black Bears fin-ished middle of the pack in Hockey East this past season and like the Grizzlies, lost their opening round

playoff matchup, to Vermont.

Watching Providence beat Boston Univer-sity in the Frozen Four final for its first NCAA title, on TV at home on Saturday, Gibson got a sense of what to expect in the coming years.

“It’s gonna be an amazing experience, although with a little bit of a culture shock,” he says of moving to small town New England. “It’s going to be exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. It’s a fast game.”

As for any advice he might have for up-and-coming Grizzlies, he says to make the most of every game, every season.

“Some of the younger guys can say there’s always next year, but when your 20-year-old season comes up and you’re down to your last few games (it can hit you),” he says.

“It goes by so fast and a lot of people take it for granted. I’d say to always work hard.”

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“We started with some drop-in sessions in the fall of 2014,” said Cretney. “Registration was held in January and we’ve only had a few practices, as we had to wait for the ice to come out.”

Practices normally happen Wednesday evenings and each team’s time is shared among rec. centres around the area. That, said Cretney, is to play fair with players who might, for instance, play for a Peninsula team, but live on the West Shore.

The girls game is being taken in to a few existing boys tourna-ments this season,

Cretney said. Teams will also have the opportuntiy to play in two Vancouver girls-only tournaments.

Hamilton added the goal is to build the league, attract more girls to the teams — and to ensure they all have fun. He said the local teams will take a while to get up to speed with Nanaimo and Van-couver, but they are on their way.

“We’ve talked about this for years

Players are still being taken, said Cretney.

To find a spot, play-ers are encouraged to contact their local area lacrosse association.

[email protected]



Lacrosse players still being accepted

Grizzlies’ Gibson named to BCHL all-star teamSidney’s Dane Gibson led team in goals this season

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Victoria Grizzlies forward Dane Gibson (second from left) celebrates a goal. The graduating 20 year old was named to the league’s first all-star team.


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